Posts Tagged ‘texting’
Survey shows risky use of mobile e-mail devices
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 12:29 No CommentsListen to this article
A California train engineer who was sending and receiving text messages was blamed last month for causing one of the worst railroad crashes in U.S. history that killed 25 people.
Despite such risks, many Americans send and receive text messages on mobile e-mail devices in dangerous situations, according to a survey released on [...]
Are You A Text Walker?
Monday, August 25, 2008 15:42 1 CommentThe latest scourge on the Republic, we are told, would be people who flagrantly, openly and notoriously — are you ready? — text message while they are walking. These textwalkers stride like the undead, it is said, head down, smacking into light poles, other people and occasionally even splattering themselves against oncoming traffic.
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